diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/media_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/media_controller.rb
index aed3578d7e8..3d7dcef420f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/media_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/media_controller.rb
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ class Api::V1::MediaController < ApiController
   respond_to :json
 
   def create
-    @media = MediaAttachment.create!(account: current_user.account, file: media_params[:file])
+    @media = current_account.media_attachments.create!(file: media_params[:file])
   rescue Paperclip::Errors::NotIdentifiedByImageMagickError
-    render json: { error: 'File type of uploaded media could not be verified' }, status: 422
+    render json: file_type_error, status: 422
   rescue Paperclip::Error
-    render json: { error: 'Error processing thumbnail for uploaded media' }, status: 500
+    render json: processing_error, status: 500
   end
 
   private
@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@ class Api::V1::MediaController < ApiController
   def media_params
     params.permit(:file)
   end
+
+  def file_type_error
+    { error: 'File type of uploaded media could not be verified' }
+  end
+
+  def processing_error
+    { error: 'Error processing thumbnail for uploaded media' }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/media_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/media_controller_spec.rb
index b1d9798eac2..00dcac95dcc 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/media_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/media_controller_spec.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,30 @@ RSpec.describe Api::V1::MediaController, type: :controller do
   end
 
   describe 'POST #create' do
+    describe 'with paperclip errors' do
+      context 'when imagemagick cant identify the file type' do
+        before do
+          expect_any_instance_of(Account).to receive_message_chain(:media_attachments, :create!).and_raise(Paperclip::Errors::NotIdentifiedByImageMagickError)
+          post :create, params: { file: fixture_file_upload('files/attachment.jpg', 'image/jpeg') }
+        end
+
+        it 'returns http 422' do
+          expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when there is a generic error' do
+        before do
+          expect_any_instance_of(Account).to receive_message_chain(:media_attachments, :create!).and_raise(Paperclip::Error)
+          post :create, params: { file: fixture_file_upload('files/attachment.jpg', 'image/jpeg') }
+        end
+
+        it 'returns http 422' do
+          expect(response).to have_http_status(:error)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'image/jpeg' do
       before do
         post :create, params: { file: fixture_file_upload('files/attachment.jpg', 'image/jpeg') }